thousands of people to previous rallies----and has been spreading that message in ways his father never had available to him. social media----facebobo, twitter and even periscope. on his facebook page today, graham notes voters are heading to the polls in new hampshire. he says it's been reported bernie sanders and donald trump are leading there but he says "...you never know, new hampshire may surprise the whole nation." graham says here in columbia he will tell both democrats and republicans that neither party can solve the problems faced by the country---only god can. graham has not endorsed a candidate---and in fact in december resigned from the gop saying he was disgusted by the party's support for a budget that provided funding for planned parenthood---even comparing that organization to nazis and joseph mengele. while he has not formally backed a candidate, reverend graham has said he agrees with donald trump in opposing negotiations with iran and trump's proposed ban on muslim immigration. the muslim ban position has drawn some complaints here today. a small group of protesters is on hand for what one calls a "silent interfaith witness" to express

remarks. evangelical voters are vital to gop candidates who will soon target south carolina---but there are several including ted cruz, marco rubio and trump who claim they have support from evangelical leaders here. right now, people across new hampshire are headed to the e lls to vote in the 'first in the nation' primaries. this is a live look at a polling

new hampshire are headed to the polls to vote in the 'first in the nation' primaries. this is a live look at a polling place in manchester, new hampshire nbc's tracie potts is in the granite state with more. down but not out hillary clinton hit the polls this morning. "we're going to keep working literally until the last vote is cast and counted." three small towns voted just after midnight. kasich and sanders won tiny dixville notch. now the rest of new hampshire begins what election officials expect to be a record- breaking day: "out the door. lines out the door." candidates continue their final arguments today: "it's christmas eve for politicians in new hampshire and you all get

"this is now crunch time." trump has a huge lead here but the number two spot seems up for grabs: polls show cruz, rubio, even kasich or bush have a shot at it. "...are the ones that are going to make this happen!" "get up early tomorrow and get your friends and family to vote." bernie sanders fired up supporters - he's way ahead of hillary clinton in the polls. today's the last day... and polls show more than half the electorate is either undecided... "i don't have a clue. i don't even know what party i'm voting for yet." or willing to switch their vote at the last minute. the secretary of state predicts more than half a million people.

27th. this thursday, 'pbs nehour' will host a debate for democratic presidential candidates. it'll be held at the university of wisconsin- milwaukee. it will broadcast nationwide on pbs stations at 9 pm. some famous faces are hitting college campuses in the midlands to get the word out to voters. this afternoon, actress angela bassett will be at s-c state and claflin universities as part of the "get out the vote" h-b-c-u tour. hillary clinton's campaign is supporting the program to rally students across the country. bassett will be at sc state at 2, followed by a visit to claflin at 4. meanwhile, actress vivica a. fox will make appearances at vorhees college, denmark technical college, and also here in columbia. tonight at 6:30 the south carolina "young professionals for hillary" will hold a happy hour event t kaminsky's on gervais street with fox as the featured guest. we're dealing with cold and wind across the midlands as we take a live look over the capital city

tim miller is in the first alert weather center with more on how long these cold temperatures will stick around. sunny and cold over the next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with ghs in the middle to upper 40s. the wind will be from the w/nw 15-20 with some gust up to 30mph. this means much of the day with the wind chill will feel like the lower 30s, it will be a raw day. clear, breezy tonight, lows in the upper 20s wednesday friday: sunny and cold. highs in the middle to upper 40s. lows in the lower to

annual test of its lake murray dam inundation sirens. it's how the utility notifies people in the area about emergencies. but once again, today's sirens going off only served as a test. investigators are looking for the person who hit and killed a woman driving along kept going. they're now looking for a "purple commercial vehicle" discovered at the scene. the vehicle was traveling north and troopers believe the driver could be in north carolina or virginia. troopers say because of the crash there should be noticeable damage to the left front side of the vehicle. call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crime-sc if you have any information. every year, wis partners with b106.7 for a radiothon to raise money for miracles at palmetto health children's hospital. phone lines are open right now. this year -- all of the proceeds are going directly to a fun place that will be built for children who have extended stays at the hospital. our michal higdon explains...

:08 :17 :44 :52 1:14 1:26 1:33 palmetto health wants to build a specialized playground for kids it would help children -- like eli adams -- who was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of leukemia back in march of 2015. before being diagnosed, eli's mom, robyn, tells me he was an extremely active 10-year-old boy. he loved sports, especially baseball, basketball, and kickball. once he was diagnosed with cancer, he was forced to slow his movement -- but still found ways to play during his stay at the hospital for two and a half months. robyn says having a playground atatthe hospital would have been amazing -- especially for kids like eli. robyn adams: ""where did you spend all your time, doing what?" "playing." "playing what?" "video games." "and where did you want to play video games? did you ever want to play them in

"where did you want to play "yeah." "have a playground, to be outside playing with them would be a sense of normalcy because so that would have been... we talked about it right? would that have been awesome?" "giggles" this playground won't become a reality without your help. the number to call to donate is 803-434-3000 or toll free at 866-434-b106. we also have a link if you'd like to donate online on this story on wistv.com you can donate until 7pm tomorrow. live from palmetto health children's hospital, michal higdon, wis news 10. coming up on the news at noon... a deadly train crash under investigation. the latest from germany. plus, supporting the aids benefit foundation of south carolina by partying with a purpose. we have the details coming up.

something is just fundamentally broken when african americans are more likely to be arrested by police, and sentenced to longer prison terms, for doing the same thing that whites do. ...when too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically. we need investments in education, health care and jobs, to counter generations of neglect. we have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systemic racism. i'm hillary clinton,

crashed head-on in the southern german state of bavaria this morning...and the death toll is expected to rise nbc's laura a uirre reports. the first rescue units were on the scene within three minutes of receiving emergency calls, but with a river on one side and a forest on the other, it took hours to reach some of the injured in the wreckage. rescue crews using helicopters and small boats shuttled injured passengers to the other side of the river to waiting ambulances. authorities said they were taken to hospitals across southern bavaria. the german transport minister said the two passenger trains were on a curve and it appears that neither had time to

before they hit t ad- on, adding that speeds of up to 60 miles per hour were possible on the stretch where the two trains crashed. germany's rail operator said safety systems on the stretch had been checked as recently as last week... but the transport minister suggested that a system designed to automatically brake trains if they've accidentally ended up on the same track didn't seem to have functioned properly. however, he said it was too early to draw conclusions. the transport minister said black boxes from both trains have been recovered and are now being analyzed, and that should show what went wrong. laura aguirre, nbc news. leaders in one african country say they could pull out of this year's rio olympics because of the zika virus outbreak in brazil. the head of kenya's olympics committee said today the country would not risk the safety of its athletes if the outbreak reached "epidemic levels" and would not attend unless it received

not pose a threat. the current outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus has spread to 32 other countries since appearing in brazil last year. the virus has been linked to an outbreak in brazil of microcephaly... a condition that causes babies to be born with underdeveloped brains and small skulls. kenya boasts some of the best middle and long- distance runners in the world and the east african nation topped the medals table at the 2015 world athletics championships. it's the last day of the mardi gras season and hoards of revelers are getting in one last day of celebrations. fat tuesday events are expected to be the largest since hurricane katrina. more than one million people are expected to head to the big easy. security in new orleans is before. nearly 11-hundred new orleans police officers are expected to be on patrol- many undercover. tonight there's a party for a purpose for the aids benefit foundation of south carolina and its all to build momentum for their biggest annual fundraiser.

the event "dining with friends." the dinner event starts at homes all across the midlands and culminates at the koger center with a dessert finale and a silent auction. tonight they're asking people to come out for their kick-off party at 701 whaley to learn about serving as a host home for the big event. "it's a great opportunity for people to learn more about us and what we do, the different organizations that we fund, and kind of the awareness of hiv in general. getting that word out and helping people understand more what's really going on in south carolina. i think it's a good motivator for people to want to pitch in and help." a-b-f says south carolina currently ranks sixth in the nation for new hiv infections every year. this year's dining with friends event will be held on june 11th. if you'd like to learn more tonight's party is free. it starts at 6pm at 701 whaley street. a big surprise for one lexington middle school teacher this morning. an award given to only one teacher in the entire

teaching" award. today kimberly freeman, a latin teacher at lexington middle, was presented the milken educator award and a 25- thousand dollar check at a surprise schoolwide assembly. the exceptional work of this educator as a model for the state and nation. freeman says she was very humbled to receive this award, and believes teaching is the way to reach tomorrow "i think it's just super honoring to think i get to wake up and do that every day. if something like this affords me a bigger audience to say you want to be a teacher, you want to be on the front lines back into her classroom. sunny and cold over the next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with

middle to upper 40s. the wind will be from the w/nw

next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with

middle to upper 40s. the wind will be from the w/nw 15-20 with some gust up to 30mph. this means much of the day with the wind chill will feel like the lower 30s, it will be a raw day. clear, breezy tonight, lows in the upper 20s wednesday friday: sunny and

the middle to upper 40s. lows in the lower to middle 20s. sunny and cold over the next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with

reverend franklin graham is calling on christians to both

(andy stanley) we'd learn from our mistakes in the areas that matter least, but we repeat, unfortunately, we repeat our mistakes in the areas that matter most. [music]

this month. and right now over at the state house, one of the jack kuenzie joins us live from the state house and a rally led by the reverend franklin graham. a floloda man is facing assault charges after..get this..investigators say he threw

an open wendy's drive- thru window. officers say if happened in october, but the man was only recently taken into custody. they say 23-year-old joshua james pulled up to the drive-thth for his order and after a server handed over a drink and turned around james reached into the back of his truck and tossed the 3-and-a- half foot gator through the window. his parents say the incident was a harmless prank, that has been blown out of proportion. "mother: just a stupid prank that he did, that's now turning into this. reporter: and you definitely believe this was a prank. mother: oh, 100 percent because he's a prankster he does stuff like this because he thinks it's

officials say james admitted to picking up the gator on the side of a nearby road and bringing it to the fast food restaurant. the alligator was later released in a nearby canal. sunny and cold over the next several days as polar air has taken over much of the southeast. sunny, windy and cold today with highs in the middle to upper 40s. the wind will be from the w/nw 15-20 with some gust up to 30mph. this means much of the day with the wind chill will feel like the lower 30s, it will be a raw day. clear, breezy tonight, lows in the upper 20s wednesday friday: sunny and cold. highs in the middle to upper 40s. lows in the lower to middle 20s. thanks for joining us for the news at noon. we'll be back here again at

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